dovecoten.

/ˈdʌvkɒt/

Forms: Also 1500s dowcatte, Scottish doocot, dooket, 1800s– dovecot.

Etymology: < dove n. + cot n.¹, cote n.¹

1. A house for doves or pigeons; usually placed at a height above the ground, with openings for the doves to enter by, and internal provision for roosting and breeding.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping or breeding pigeons > dovecote

culver-house1340

dovehouse14..

columbairec1420

dovecotec1425

pigeon house1442

columbary1549

louvre1579

loft1735

pigeonry1840

pigeonnier1880

c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 670 Hoc columbare, dowecote.

a1500 in Burton & Raine Heminbrough 390 A parcell of her plase to set a doufecot on.

1503 Sc. Acts. Jas. IV (1597) §74 Parkes with Deare, stankes, cunningares, dowcattes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. vi. 115 Like an Eagle in a Doue-coat .

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 3 You find here more Dove-Cots than other Houses.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 12 For the moor-fowl..they lie as thick as doo's in a dooket.

figurative.1893 Church Times 6 Oct. 995/3 The flutter that has excited the journalistic dovecot.

†2. transferred. A set or block of pigeon-holes. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > cupboard or cabinet > [noun] > set of

dovecote1652

1652 Bp. J. Hall Invisible World i. vi. in Great Mysterie of Godliness 143 If a man distressed with care for the missing of an important evidence..shall be informed..in what hole of his Dove–cote he shall find it hid.

Compounds

dovecote-breaker n.

ΚΠ

1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) (at cited word) Dovecot breakers, and stealers of pigeons.

dovecote-door n.

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1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 72 When some one batters at the dovecote-doors.

dovecote-pigeon n.

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1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. ii. xiv. 118 Dove-cot-pigeons dislike all the highly improved breeds.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	dovecote
释义	dovecoten. /ˈdʌvkɒt/ Forms: Also 1500s dowcatte, Scottish doocot, dooket, 1800s– dovecot. Etymology: < dove n. + cot n.¹, cote n.¹ 1. A house for doves or pigeons; usually placed at a height above the ground, with openings for the doves to enter by, and internal provision for roosting and breeding. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping or breeding pigeons > dovecote culver-house1340 dovehouse14.. columbairec1420 dovecotec1425 pigeon house1442 columbary1549 louvre1579 loft1735 pigeonry1840 pigeonnier1880 c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 670 Hoc columbare, dowecote. a1500 in Burton & Raine Heminbrough 390 A parcell of her plase to set a doufecot on. 1503 Sc. Acts. Jas. IV (1597) §74 Parkes with Deare, stankes, cunningares, dowcattes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. vi. 115 Like an Eagle in a Doue-coat . View more context for this quotation a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 3 You find here more Dove-Cots than other Houses. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 12 For the moor-fowl..they lie as thick as doo's in a dooket. figurative.1893 Church Times 6 Oct. 995/3 The flutter that has excited the journalistic dovecot. †2. transferred. A set or block of pigeon-holes. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > cupboard or cabinet > [noun] > set of dovecote1652 1652 Bp. J. Hall Invisible World i. vi. in Great Mysterie of Godliness 143 If a man distressed with care for the missing of an important evidence..shall be informed..in what hole of his Dove–cote he shall find it hid. Compounds dovecote-breaker n. ΚΠ 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) (at cited word) Dovecot breakers, and stealers of pigeons. dovecote-door n. ΚΠ 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 72 When some one batters at the dovecote-doors. dovecote-pigeon n. ΚΠ 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. ii. xiv. 118 Dove-cot-pigeons dislike all the highly improved breeds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). > as lemmas dove-cote b. Now chiefly in combination, as in dove-cote, hen-cote, sheep-cote, bell-cote (in which cot also occurs); and in more local use, pig-cote, swine-cote, peat-cote, salt-cote, etc., which see. extracted from coten.¹ < n.c1425 as lemmas
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